Upcoming CMCH events
Throughout the academic year, the Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) runs a schedule of public-facing events involving CMCH members and guest speakers from other institutions.
We are delighted to announce the first events of the 2025-2026 academic year!
History Talks – 14 October 2025 at 4.30pm
‘Britain's Nuclear Age: Imagination and Reality’ roundtable with Rachel Collett (University of Liverpool), Malcolm Craig (LJMU), Jonathan Hogg (University of Liverpool) and Megan Thomas (University of Liverpool)
Book Launch – 28 October 2025 at 4.30pm
Andre Keil’s Emergency Powers and the Home Fronts in Britain and Germany during the First World War
History Talks – 18 November 2025 at 4:30pm
‘Our Fascists Friends? British Intelligence, the Far Right and the Interwar Battle Against Communism’ with James Crossland (LJMU)
Our schedule for 2024-2025 is as follows:
History Talks – 2 Oct 2024
'Black History Month: Histories of Racism and Health roundtable' with Andrea Livesey (LJMU), Ama Biney (University of Liverpool) and Natalie Denny (Black Maternal Health Project)
History Talks – 22 Oct 2024
‘Reconstructing the Record: the Search for Ireland’s Lost History’ with Ciaran Wallace (Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland)
History Talks – 3 Dec 2024
‘CMCH Research Showcase’ with Dan Feather, Isabel Robinson, Laura Gillespie, Percy Leung, Heather Hatton, Lucie Matthews-Jones and Clare Horrocks (LJMU)
History Talks – 5 Feb 2025
‘Historicising the “Global Britain” Strategy Roundtable’ with Dan Feather (LJMU), Melanie Torrent (Université de Picardie Jules Verne), Lauriane Simony (CY Cergy Paris Université), Darius Wainwright (University of Bristol) and Alice Byrne (Aix-Marseille Université)
History Talks – 27 Mar 2025
‘British Institutions and the Legacies of Enslavement’ with Isabel Robinson (LJMU), Cassandra Gooptar (University of Hull), Lucy Moynihan (University of Liverpool) and Michelle Girvan (University of Liverpool)
Conference – 25 to 27 Jun 2025
'Britain and the World Conference 2025' – the CMCH is proud to be hosting this year’s annual BATW conference, bringing over a hundred scholars from across the world to LJMU